14 DAY TRIAL // A messy lifestyle can ruin every pleasure you might otherwise have from life. Disorganization "overloads" the brain even if you are not aware of it, making each day hard to live, up to the point of downright unbearable. Lorie Marrero, CPO, professional organizer and creator of a site specialized in helping people get their lives back on track in terms of organization, has come to the conclusion that only neatness can eliminate daily stress, and has even provided three easy steps for clutter- and stress-free existence.
"Disorganization steals time and energy because clutter represents delayed decisions and actions – it is a visual form of procrastination," Marrero explains. Thus, people who tend to just throw things around the house or office, or who are in the habit of always saying "I’ll leave this here for a while until I make the time to put it right back where it belongs" are more prone to stress and depression. While they may not realize it, the fact that they lead a hectic existence is taking a toll on everything else that they do, often making them blind to those things that should really matter.
"Disorganization creates stress because it reflects that there are commitments in your life that you simply can’t handle," Marrero further adds, stressing that, as long as all these commitments linger in the "I’ll do it some other day" limbo, no one can truly and fully enjoy all the pleasures that life has to offer. Of course, if we add to this the fact that, leading a messy life makes it practically impossible for anyone to find the right thing at the right time, we will certainly understand why Marrero advocates an organized existence as the cure to daily stress.
Moreover, becoming organized is not even as hard as we might be tempted at first to think it is. Marrero even provides three easy steps to getting there, which include learning how to make a decision faster, the use of a "capturing tool" (meaning a tablet on which to write or a recorder – but under no circumstance sticky notes or random pieces of paper because they will be lost in no time), and labeling (as it gives "items an official place in the home").
Whichever method you choose to become an organized – and stress-free – person, just bear in mind that this is a process that requires time, patience and checking yourself whenever you feel the temptation of going back to your old ways. In almost no time, Marrero guarantees, you will notice that your life is better, while your relationships with the people with whom you share your living/working space will also ameliorate considerably.